University Researchers Are Seen as Enablers in Latest Major Drug Fraud

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Attorney General Eric Holder: "These are not victimless crimes. Americans trust that the medications prescribed for their parents and grandparents, for their children, and for themselves are selected because they are in the patient's best interest."

Attorney General Eric Holder: "These are not victimless crimes. Americans trust that the medications prescribed for their parents and grandparents, for their children, and for themselves are selected because they are in the patient's best interest."

By Paul Basken

Federal prosecutors on Thursday concluded another
multibillion-dollar settlement with a major pharmaceutical company
accused of illegally marketing its drugs.

In this case, the company was Johnson & Johnson, the total
payment was $2.2-billion, and the key drug was Risperdal, which was
approved by federal regulators to treat schizophrenia in adults but
was being marketed for other patients, including children with
behavioral problems.